In this activity you will use Google Earth to examine the Latest Earthquake data
Click the link to the following Website:
( 2013 Due to a lapse in Federal funding, the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program has suspended most of its operations.)
Choose one of these files and save it - open in GOOGLE EARTH http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/kml.php
On this website look at World Wide earthquakes - click on Full List to see all of the earthquakes http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2w
What was the most recent earthquake in the world? Where was it? What was its magnitude? What was the most recent earthquake Magnitude >5 in the past 7 days ? Click on Australia - have there been any recent earthquakes? In the Earthquakes Archives - go to 2004 . What was the size of the biggest earthquake? Where? How many people were killed? Does the number of recorded earthquakes surprise you? Did you hear about any on the news recently? What makes the reporting of earthquakes newsworthy.
ACTIVITY 2
GOOGLE EARTH GIS MAPS In this activity you will use the USGS information but will view it on a Google Earth map
Load GOOGLE EARTH KML files for USGS Latest Earthquakes in the World Past 30 days
For your assignment you will need to FLY to your Earth Structure and look at the pattern of recent and past earthquakes. Refer to the instructions on this page : Your Earthquake data
REAL TIME OBSERVATIONS OF DATA
ACTIVITY 1
In this activity you will use Google Earth to examine the Latest Earthquake data
Click the link to the following Website:
Choose one of these files and save it - open in GOOGLE EARTH
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/kml.php
On this website look at World Wide earthquakes - click on Full List to see all of the earthquakes
http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2w
What was the most recent earthquake in the world? Where was it? What was its magnitude?
What was the most recent earthquake Magnitude >5 in the past 7 days ?
Click on Australia - have there been any recent earthquakes?
In the Earthquakes Archives - go to 2004 . What was the size of the biggest earthquake? Where? How many people were killed?
Does the number of recorded earthquakes surprise you? Did you hear about any on the news recently? What makes the reporting of earthquakes newsworthy.
ACTIVITY 2
GOOGLE EARTH GIS MAPS In this activity you will use the USGS information but will view it on a Google Earth map
Load GOOGLE EARTH KML files for USGS Latest Earthquakes in the World Past 30 days
Load one of these KMZ files :
For your assignment you will need to FLY to your Earth Structure and look at the pattern of recent and past earthquakes. Refer to the instructions on this page : Your Earthquake data